Ben Branch
March 14, 2013
This beautiful Industrial Scissor Lift Table is a creation from Restoration Hardware, it’s based on the scissor lifts used in 19th and 20th century factories and has a large side-mounted crank wheel allowing the owner to adjust the height to suit their garage, livingroom or shed.
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Ben Branch
January 31, 2013
Search the globe and you’ll never find a cooler lamp than this, that main shaft is an authentic vintage shock absorber and the base is a brake disc.
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Ben Branch
January 25, 2013
The Intelligentsia Coffee Set by Le Creuset is the toughest coffee kit we’ve seen in some time, it contains 2 cups, a coffee plunger (French Press) and a coffee container with an air-tight seal.
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Ben Branch
January 24, 2013
This Blickensderfer No. 6 Typewriter represents just about the pinnacle of minimalist typewriter design, it was for sale but sold on the 27th of December 2012 before I saw it.
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Ben Branch
January 15, 2013
The Geneva WorldRadio DAB+ is the modern equivalent of the classic AM/FM receiver from days gone by, the Geneva model is capable of receiving FM radio as well as DAB/DAB+ (internet radio) which allows you to listen to radio from any station in the world with the twist of a dial.
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Ben Branch
January 11, 2013
Imogen + Willie Drew’s Brews Coffee is a classic “Gas Station Blend” designed to replicate the style of coffee served 50 years ago at American roadhouses.
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Ben Branch
January 10, 2013
When it comes to trailer homes, or caravans as we call them, this 1954 Airstream Flying Cloud might just be the nicest one in the world.
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Ben Branch
January 4, 2013
The Schoolhouse Electric Supply Co. is one of those stores I always come back to, they’re products have a fascinating, post-steampunk feel to them that you just won’t find anywhere else.
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Ben Branch
December 26, 2012
This wonderfully obscure map of the Middle East during the Tanakh Period has been modified with a steam punk flying machine screen printed over it.
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Ben Branch
December 23, 2012
This handmade copper cup is just about the perfect “garage mug”, it’s made by a craftsman in a small factory, by a company that has specialized in tin and copper kitchenware items for over 200 years.
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Ben Branch
December 15, 2012
Stanley have been turning out almost bulletproof vacuum flasks since 1913, multiple generations have relied on them for hot coffee in winter and cold drinks in summer.
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Ben Branch
December 14, 2012
Shaving is one of those things that all men do, but some do better than others. This 3-piece set by Edwin Jagger looks for all the world like the kind of shaving gear you’d find in Sinatra’s backstage dressing room, it takes standard Gillette Mach 3 blades (making replacement blades easy to find) and that brush is made using 100% pure badger hair.
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